Hello again, everyone! Earlier today, the Church's official Newsroom shared a release announcing the next leg of President Russell M. Nelson's ongoing global ministry tour. The latest leg of that tour will take place in mid-to-late May throughout the Pacific Area of the Church, and President Nelson and his wife, Wendy, will be accompanied by Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife, Susan.
The tour will kick off on Thursday May 16 and end on Saturday May 25. After departing from Salt Lake on that Thursday, the tour will begin in Kona Hawaii. On Saturday the 18th, the group of leaders will be in Apia Samoa, and will travel over to Sydney Australia the following day. On Monday, a two-day stop in Auckland New Zealand will be observed. Wednesday, the group will arrive in Suva Fiji, followed by a stop in Nuku'alofa Tonga the following day. Once their time in Tonga is completed, they will cross the international date line into Papeete Tahiti, which will mark the last stop on the tour.
As many of you may have noticed by now, quite a few of the stops are in nations where temples have been announced, and perhaps part of the time during that tour may involve looking at prospective temple locations. This tour will allow the leaders to meet with members and missionaries in all of these cities. And again, we see President Nelson planning a trip at somewhat of a breakneck speed. This may be the first of two or perhaps even three legs of his Global Ministry Tour this year.
The Newsroom release to which I shared a link above notes more specific details, which are well worthy of your time. The Newsroom will be carrying full reports on this tour as the stops are observed, and I will be carrying that coverage here on this blog as well. We are blessed to have a prophet who is healthy enough to travel extensively, and we continue to see him stopping at home between trips just long enough to recover, retrieve another apostolic companion, and head out again. And the fact that he is continuing to do so as his 95th birthday draws ever closer is amazing and outstanding.
I guess I should also mention that just because the next official leg of that ongoing Global Ministry Tour will take place in May, that doesn't mean he won't be making other stops elsewhere as time and circumstances allow in the interim. There is still no word as to who might be presiding over the dedication of the Kinshasa DR Congo Temple this weekend, so he could oversee that personally, or delegate that assignment to either of his counselors or one of the senior members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2019
BREAKING NEWS: President Nelson's Next Global Ministry Tour Announced
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Pacific area. Let's hope President Nelson talks temple business and explores possible site candidates for the 3 announced Pacific temples. He did do this in India and Africa.
ReplyDeleteHe revealed the Winnipeg rendering in Canada. Any other places?
Hello, William, and thank you for commenting. President Nelson will be visiting Apia Samoa and speaking at a member devotional which will be broadcast to American Samoa as well. I suppose he could swing by the latter island nation, but as far as I can tell, that's not on his itinerary. The same is true for his stop in Tonga, where he is set to visit Nuku'alofa rather than Neiafu where the new temple was announced. It wouldn't shock me if he spends time in Auckland looking at potential sites (although the most probable location has already been identified). In fact, interestingly enough, the Pacific Area headquarters is in Auckland.
ReplyDeleteThe only stops of which I'm aware that President Nelson will make on this trip are those mentioned in the official announcement. He probably could swing over to nearby locales where temples have been recently announced, but the question is, would he opt to do so? And that question may not be answered right away. Either way, it is interesting to think about. Thank you, William, for taking time to cmment.